[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5605-5606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2087]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 6-2005]


Foreign-Trade Zone 202--Los Angeles, CA, Application for Foreign-
Trade Subzone Status, IKEA Wholesale Inc. (Home Furnishings and 
Accessories), Lebec, CA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los 
Angeles (California), grantee of FTZ 202, requesting special-purpose 
subzone status for the warehousing and distribution facility (home 
furnishings and accessories) of IKEA Wholesale Inc. (IKEA), located in 
Lebec, California. The application was submitted pursuant to the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the 
regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on 
January 21, 2005.
    The IKEA facility is located at 4104 Industrial Parkway Drive, 
Lebec (80 acres total; 1.7 million sq. ft. of enclosed space). The 
facility (approximately 300 employees) may be used under FTZ procedures 
for warehousing, packaging, labeling, palletization, quality control, 
recovery/repair, and distribution of home furnishings and accessories. 
IKEA's application indicates that approximately 10 to 15 percent of the 
merchandise handled by the facility is domestically sourced.
    Zone procedures would exempt IKEA from Customs duty payments on 
foreign-status merchandise that is re-exported. On its domestic 
shipments, IKEA would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise 
is shipped from its facility. The company would be able to avoid duty 
on foreign merchandise which becomes scrap/waste, estimated at 
approximately one to two percent of imported products. The application 
indicates that IKEA anticipates realizing significant logistical/
procedural benefits. All of the above-cited savings from FTZ procedures 
could help improve the facility's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court 
Building--Suite 4100W, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
    2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is April 4, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to April 19, 2005.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the

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Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at address Number 1 
listed above, and at the Bakersfield U.S. Export Assistance Center, 
2100 Chester Avenue, 1st Floor Suite 166, Bakersfield, California 
93301.

    Dated: January 24, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-2087 Filed 2-2-05; 8:45 am]
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